Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1887-09-01
SET IN DIAMONDS
BY Charlotte NJ. Braeme.
CHAPTER XXXIv-CoSrryur

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II shall be able to afford you little
carriage and pair of ponies" he said;
you will look adorably handsome
when you are driving"
Pleasant hearing, but just at that
moment Jennie caught sight OF Michaels
face; he was so unspeakably sad that
the carriage and ponies lost their charm
for half minute.
Come" said Mr., Nesbitt, "there is
SO much noise here, we can not talk.
Come and walk with me, want to talk
toyou. Let us go up the hill"
They climbed the hill together, and
sat down on the heather; the sweet
summer wind brought the sound of the
music and the cries of the holiday
makers close TO them.
Jennie" said her London lover, 81
am sorry to see that rough-looking
gamekeeper lowering about you. You
have promised to marry me. / shall
have the prettiest wife in England
when you do, but you must send him
away You have to choose between us.
''He does no HARM" said Jennie.
mo, but | will not have him coming
after you. want to talk to you about
our wedding. l have heard of a farm
In GloucestershiIe-a capital farm it is,
too-called the l.easowes; there is a
very nice house belonging toit, and
think we shall be very happy"
"How many servants shall be able
to keep?' asked Jennie.
1.-Two certainly-perhaps three; then
we must have q man to attend the car
rlage and the ponies."
Il hope We shall be able to give par
Ties ~ aud Iannin anHnnnlU ss'Nhnra
is nothing / should like so much as
giving party in my own house."
You may be quite sure of that; when
/ have such handsome wife to show
to my friends, shall be glad enough
to ask them to my house. You must
dress nicely, Jennie; dress does add to
beauty, no matter what any one says.''
Let any girl beware when her lover
speaks to her in that fashion. True
love never makes use of flattery. II
Jennie had been less vain she mu 81
have seen through it; as it was she re-
ceived IL as a fitting homage to her
own charms.
This Is very pleasant" he said,
after a pause. IL did not think anything
of this kind still existed in England.
Your ribbons match your eyes, Jennie.
Yo would look as handsome as the
duchess If you wore her dresses and
Jewels. l suppose" he added after a
slight pause, that she has some very
magnificent jewels?"
Ii Jennie had been a little keener, a
tritie more su ,picious, she must have
noticed the popularity of his manner
when he asked that question. 1t was
as though the rest of the conversation
had been leading up to it. lie stopped
abruptly, and the words seemed to die
with faint gasp on his lips. lie look
ed at her keenly as she spoke, but Jen-
ME was thinking of herself IN the
duchess's dresses not of him.
Jewels" she replied. "The Duchess
of.Ne cath has finer diamonds than any
other lady in the land"
"What a shame that they are not
yours" he said.
Jennie laughed,
"rhey would extinguish me-" she
said.
you shall have diamonds some day,
Jennie; will see to that. | suppose
she values them very highly?"
Indeed she does, and the duke thinks
more OF them than she does"
''Does she wear them often, Jennie?''
he asked.
''ohe has all kinds of Jewels" said
Jennie pearls, rubies, opals-she
wears them all by turn. She has more
diamonds than anything"
"And you have the charge of all
those valuable gems." he cried. "Oh,
Jennie, you ought to be always most
steady and careful"
$50 am" she says. "Whatever else
may do or not do, am most careful
of her grace's Jewels"
docs she keep them all here?" asked
Mr.. Nesbitt.
And again there was the same short
ening Of the breath and the same keen
look IN his eyes.
Yes, they are all kept here" she
replied.
lit must be great anxiety for you.
Jennie"
mo-" she answered. "In her grace's
dressing-room there is a safe hidden in
the wall and they are kept in it."
"Wbo keeps the key of that?" he
asked, carelessly lighting cigar as he
spoke.
"They are kept in a small drawer in
her grace's toilet-table, of which keep
the key. The duke has often declared
that they are not safe, but the servants
at the castle are. honest enough" she
said.
IL think the duke Is quite right, Jen-
nie-they are not safe. Such valuable
property as that should be more secure
ly kept" He was silent for a minute,
then he said-"I wish / saw more of
you. Jennie; this has been the happiest
day ofmy life. Does the duchess 60
out often to dinner and evening par
ties?"
"She goes at times-not very often"
"She returns late, suppose ?" re-
marked Mr.. Nesbitt carelessly.
ayes; sit up for her." replied Jen-
eie.
"And where do you sit? 1t must be
verv lonely for YOU" he said.
ITO tell you the truth, L generally
fall asleep over book In her grace's
dressing-room," she replied.
After that, in some strange manner
the interest OF the interview seemed to
have vanished for Mr.. Nesbitt.
Once during the evening he said to
himself, with an evil smile
al need not stay here much longer
l may almost write the word 'Finis, al
the end OF my adventure"
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